John A. Macdonald

For other persons named John Alexander Macdonald, see John Alexander Macdonald (disambiguation)

The Right Honourable Sir John Alexander Macdonald
Macdonald in 1868. (age 53)
1st Prime Minister of Canada
Incumbent
Assumed office July 1, 1867
Succeeded by	Alexander Mackenzie
In office October 17, 1878 – June 6, 1891
Preceded by	Alexander Mackenzie
Succeeded by	John Abbott
Personal details
Born	January 11, 1815 Glasgow, Scotland
Died	June 6,1891 Ottawa, Ontario
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Isabella Clark (1st wife) Agnes Bernard (2nd wife)
Children	John Alexander (died in infancy) and Hugh John by Isabella; Mary by Agnes.
Alma mater	none (articled with a lawyer in Kingston)
Profession	Lawyer
Religion	Presbyterian; later Anglican
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Sir John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC, PC (Can), (January 11, 1815 – June 6, 1891) was the first Prime Minister of Canada and the dominant figure of Canadian Confederation. Macdonald's time in office spanned 19 years. So he was the second longest serving Prime Minister of Canada. He is the only Canadian Prime Minister who won six majority governments. He was for a national railway that should link Canada from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans. That was completed in 1885.

Other websites

• "Macdonald-Biography-First Among Equals". Libraries and Archives Canada. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/primeministers/h4-3031-e.html.
• "Sir John A. Macdonald: Father of Confederation". City of Kingston. http://www.cityofkingston.ca/sirj.asp.
• "John A. Macdonald's Kingston". Kingston Historical Society. http://www.kingstonhistoricalsociety.ca/jam/jamkingston.html.
• The Canadian Museum of Civilization - Face-to-Face - The Canadian Personalities Hall
• John A. Macdonald: Architect of Modern Canada
• John A. Macdonald, Confederation and Canadian Federalism
• Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
• "Sir John A. Macdonald, Freemason"
• Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament
• Image of The Jamaica with Sir and Lady Macdonald aboard
• John Macdonald's Gravesite
• Correspondence of Sir John Macdonald; selections from the correspondence of the Right Honorable Sir John Alexander Macdonald, first Prime Minister of the Dominion of Canada, made by his literary executor Sir Joseph Pope (1921)
• "Macdonald, Sir John Alexander". The Canadian Encyclopedia. http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0004867.
• Dictionary of Canadian Biography article by J. K. Johnson and P. B. Waite
• The John A. Macdonald Portal, edited by Alastair Sweeny

Political offices
Preceded by Sir Allan Napier MacNab	Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada - Canada West 1856 – 1858	Succeeded by George Brown
Preceded by George Brown	Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada - Canada West 1858 – 1867	Succeeded by himself as Prime Minister of Canada and Sir John Sandfield Macdonald as Premier of Ontario
Preceded by None	Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada 1867 – 1891	Succeeded by Sir John J.C. Abbott
Preceded by None	Prime Minister of Canada 1867 – 1873	Succeeded by Alexander Mackenzie
Preceded by none	Minister of Justice and Attorney General 1867 – 1873	Succeeded by Antoine Dorion
Preceded by Alexander Mackenzie	Leader of the Opposition 1873 – 1878	Succeeded by Alexander Mackenzie
Preceded by Alexander Mackenzie	Prime Minister of Canada 1878 – 1891	Succeeded by Sir John J.C. Abbott
Preceded by David Mills	Minister of the Interior 1878 – 1888	Succeeded by Edgar Dewdney
Preceded by John Henry Pope	Minister of Railways and Canals 1889 – 1891	Succeeded by Mackenzie Bowell (acting)
Parliament of Canada
Preceded by none	Member of Parliament for Kingston 1867 – 1878	Succeeded by Alexander Gunn
Preceded by Francis James Roscoe	Member of Parliament for Victoria 1878 – 1882	Succeeded by E.C. Baker
Preceded by John Rochester	Member of Parliament for Carleton 1882 – 1887	Succeeded by George Dickinson
Preceded by Alexander Gunn	Member of Parliament for Kingston 1887 – 1891	Succeeded by James H. Metcalfe

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